Microsoft shares climbed 2.7% in premarket trading, approaching a new record high, following the announcement that OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman will head a new cutting-edge AI research division for the tech giant. This development is particularly surprising given that Altman was dismissed from OpenAI just last week, with Emmett Shear, the co-founder of Twitch, a video streaming platform, stepping in as the interim CEO overnight, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Shear’s appointment as OpenAI’s interim CEO marks the second leadership change in three days, following the board’s decision to terminate Altman on Friday and technology officer Mira Murati shortly after.
“I took this job because I believe that OpenAI is one of the most important companies currently in existence,” Shear wrote on social media platform X. He continued, “I want to do everything in my power to protect it and grow it further.”
Today I got a call inviting me to consider a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: to become the interim CEO of @OpenAI. After consulting with my family and reflecting on it for just a few hours, I accepted. I had recently resigned from my role as CEO of Twitch due to…
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